Fostering mixed race children : everyday experiences of foster care / Fiona Peters.
2016
HQ777.9 .P48 2016e
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Title
Fostering mixed race children : everyday experiences of foster care / Fiona Peters.
Author
Peters, Fiona, author.
ISBN
9781137541840 (electronic book)
1137541849 (electronic book)
9781137541833
1137541830
9781349712663
1349712663
1137541849 (electronic book)
9781137541833
1137541830
9781349712663
1349712663
Imprint
London, UNited Kingdom : Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature, ©2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 215 pages)
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10.1057/978-1-137-54184-0 doi
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HQ777.9 .P48 2016e
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.73/3
Summary
The 'mixed race' classification is known to be a factor of disadvantage in children's social care and this fastest growing population is more likely than any other ethnic group to experience care admission. How does knowledge of 'mixedness' underpin policy and practice? How, when and why is the classification 'mixed' a disadvantage? Through narrative interviews with children currently in foster care, Fostering Mixed Race Children examines the impact of care processes on children's everyday experiences. Peters shows how the 'mixed race' classification affects care admission, including both short and long term fostering and care leaving, and shapes the experiences of children in often adverse ways. The book moves away from the psychologising of 'mixedness' towards a much-needed sociological analysis of 'mixedness' and 'mixing' at the intersection of foster care processes. This book will be of interest to academics and practitioners working with families and children. Peters presents a child-centred narrative focus and offers unique insights into a complex area.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-205) and index.
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Table of Contents
Care matters and mixed race children
Fostering mixed race children
Understanding mixedness: concepts, categories, and people
Researching mixedness as a category of experience
The first year in care and the matrix of classifications
Family ties through the lens
A portrait of transience through care
The leaving care transition
Learning from mixed race children in foster care.
Fostering mixed race children
Understanding mixedness: concepts, categories, and people
Researching mixedness as a category of experience
The first year in care and the matrix of classifications
Family ties through the lens
A portrait of transience through care
The leaving care transition
Learning from mixed race children in foster care.